Patent decision

BL number

O/542/22

Concerning rights in

GB1904713.3

Hearing Officer

Mr P Thorpe

Decision date

22 June 2022

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Emotional Perception AI Limited

Provisions discussed

Patents Act S1(2), 14(3) and 76(2)

Keywords

Added subject matter, Excluded fields (refused), Sufficiency

Related Decisions

None

Summary

The application relates generally to the field of artificial neural networks (ANNs). The invention is concerned with training an ANN to perceive semantic similarity or dissimilarity between media files such as music files and using the trained ANN to recommend a file which is semantically similar to a given input. The applicant argued that ANNs in general did not conform to the classic computer program in that they did not rely on a series of details if then statements. They also argued that even if this was not the case, the method of training of the ANN and that it could be hardware or software based took it outside of the excluded categories. Applying Aerotel, The Hearing Officer however found it to be excluded as a computer program per se and refused the application.

Full decision O/542/22 336Kb